A new method for decision making and planning in enterprises

Abstract

In the process of Enterprise Architecture Planning, the As-Is architecture is considered as a baseline architecture, and target-architecture is designed on its basis. The use of enterprise architecture maturity is one of the methods of enterprise architecture development and improvement. But in some occasions, enterprise architecture cannot play an efficient role in baseline architecture and making decisions. In this research we present a systematic process to exactly create as-is architecture. Then we represent a method for assessment and measurement of the potency of As-Is architecture. Another advantage of this method is the possibility of using the scores resulted in CBA1 that we can use in nonprofit organizations. Based on the importance of each item, there is possibility for decision making for planning and scheduling of activities for development of enterprises and select a subset of them. In order to validate the proposed method, a software tool was also developed and two different case studies were performed.